OP…
Curious on the back story of the question.
Basically the root reason you asked.
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Coaching is a different skillset from lifting. I’ve been a professional educator before. I’ve worked with people that were MUCH smarter than me on the subject matter and had ZERO ability to communicate it. I’ve worked with people that were much dumber on the subject matter but were VERY talented at communicating.
Read philosophy. There are some VERY smart philosophers out there that are VERY poor authors, and cannot get their thoughts out coherently. There are some folks out there with some primitive level thoughts but a great talent at expressing them.
Coaching involves SO much human psychology. It’s not just about knowing how to get people strong: it’s about knowing how to get people to WANT to get strong. It’s about being able to know your athlete on multiple levels.
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Definitely, because they might not have right kind of personality to really ‘connect’ with others or they lack good communication skills or perspective taking skills or they might be overly dogmatic etc.
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I am just wondering because now I just track my lift and I am entering the intermediate phase which if I advance and put in 4-5 years more I could become advance in lifting and I have never ever taught anyone lifted before because I have always lifted in my home gym
“Now step over to the abdominator and I will shout slogans at you.”
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Can you teach me how to use this thing?
I don’t understand what this sentence means. “Advanced” by what standard.
I know this dominatrix who has something like that…
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If you were an employee, OSHA wouldn’t allow its use unless you were harnessed and tied off.
If it’s what I think it is, the greatest accomplishment was getting down when you were finished with the set (or sets, as who would want to climb up and down after each set.) We had one at one of the gyms I used. IMO, it was inferior to the standard leg press for hitting the thighs. I would say it targeted the glutes better than the standard leg press.
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These are silly things. Don’t let them influence you.
This subject comes up occasionally in the BJJ communities and I think the answer is the same for both arenas. The ability to absorb and apply knowledge at a high level does not directly translate to the ability to articulate that knowledge to someone else. They are different skill sets.
I would also add that being a “Coach” involves more than just the transmission of knowledge. There’s a lot of intangibles that go into being a good coach. Emotional intelligence, understanding the motivations of your trainees, understanding their goals vs yours, ect.
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Does the site offer strength levels for more traditional lifts:
- Squat
- Bench Press (barbell)
- Deadlift
I mean dumbbell bench press? Really? The higher the weight, the less range of movement due to the sheer size of dumbbells getting over 100lbs.
I am assuming the weight mentioned is that of a single dumbbell.
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This is the link,saw them on Facebook app and clicked into it.
Technical strength level isnt a indicator of if your beginner, intermediate or advanced in some circles. At least in regards to programming.
Thanks, It explains a lot. I did some comparison between the app you sent with the original USPF for classification. I would think that no one would expect much similarity in standards, but I plugged on in anyway.
For a 165lb lifter the app had the minimum (1 rep max) lifts to reach Elite strength level as:
- Squat - 429lbs
- Bench Press - 328lbs
- Deadlift - 492lbs
These lifts rate a stronger than 95% of lifters that sex and weight.
These total to 1,249lbs.
Now lets see what the USPF rates a 1,249lb total of the three powerlifts for a 165lb male.
- Elite - 1,527lbs
- Master - 1400lbs
- Class 1 - 1,257lbs
- Class 2 - 1,102lbs
- Class 3 - 965lbs
- Class 4 - 838lbs
A minimum Elite lifter in the app has a classification in the USPF as a Class 2 lifter. A little bit stronger he would be classified a Class 1 lifter. But he isn’t even in the ballpark of an Elite classification. But that said, with an Elite total the lifter would have a high likelihood of placing in a National Powerlifting meet. Which is definitely in the top fraction of a single percent of all lifters.
I do like the calculator, but I always liked to get stronger and having a target motivates me, even if I disagree with their use of Elite (which to make matters worse, they do capitalize.)
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It’s important to qualify what you mean by being a good coach. The coaching skill set to take any average person and make them somewhat good at something is different than the coaching skill set to take people who are naturally elite and make them world class. So are we talking about the ability to be a good personal trainer for soccer moms or the ability to be a coach for a national powerlifting team?